During the fiscal cliff negotiations, DC-area Starbucks stores wrote “Come Together” on their drink cups. Mickey Kaus worries that this anodyne gesture was a violation of the moral rights of Starbucks workers; Joe Barista ought to have the liberty to punch the clock for a . . . . Continue Reading »
I am going to work out every day and read as many books as I can in one year and go gluten-free and think more positive thoughts and do more random acts of kindness. Sound familiar? Why do New Year’s resolutions fail? asks Ray Williams at Psychology Today . Why does the thrill of novelty . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Walther on Orwell’s deathbed misreading of Evelyn Waugh : Of the reissuing of classic British fiction, there seems to be no end—at least not this year. Lucky Jim and The Old Devils are finally back in print. A Dance to the Music of Time . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”aligncenter” width=”510”] Christmas eve at the cowboy church [/caption] The New York Times reports : Steve Gilbertson, 52, has been a preacher for about 30 years. Four months ago, he started a church of his own. At his last job, he had led . . . . Continue Reading »
The passive voice is like any tool. You can use it well, you can use it badly, and you can abuse it right out. If I use a garden hose with a nozzle to spray water on my flowers, that’s nice. If I turn the nozzle on jet-stream and churn up the dirt underneath them, that’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Due to Democratic malice and Republican stupidity (mainly the latter), a soft version of progressivism might again be ambiguously popular. But the progressive vision of bigger government remains unsustainable, because the tax increase is insignificant as a funding device: If even under the . . . . Continue Reading »
“I Must Watch Over You”: On Familial Responsibility Carrie Frederick Frost, The Clarion Review Brutal Presbyterian Disunity John Turner, The Anxious Bench Durkheim, Faith, and Sensibility Gordon Lynch, The Guardian Splitting the Difference on Illegal Immigration Peter Skerry, National . . . . Continue Reading »
I have no idea how Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s translation of The Brothers Karamazov came to be regarded as definitive. Let me rephrase that. I know why. Fourteen thousand copies a year, practically indefinitely, is why. There’s a lot of money at stake, for them and for . . . . Continue Reading »
So now, it seems, we have rather a good test for the elite media. We know how reporters and commentators would be reacting to this story on the arrest of an Occupy Wall Street protestor and his girlfriend if the people arrested were (or were thought to be) tea party activists, do we not? So . . . . Continue Reading »
A day late to mark the anniversary, but an anniversary worth commending to your notice a day late: the death of Roberto Clemente, the great Pirates outfielder who was, from all accounts (and I mean all accounts), a very admirable man as well, who did many of his good works in secret. . . . . Continue Reading »
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